Practice:

Jie (Jeffrey) Sun, a partner in Orrick’s Shanghai and Beijing offices, is a member of the Corporate Group. Jeffrey represents Chinese and international clients from multiple industries, including technology, renewable energy, life sciences, financial services and consumer/retail, in a broad range of M&A, capital markets and corporate matters.

Jeffrey has extensive experience representing both Chinese enterprises in fund raising and investing abroad and foreign investors investing in China.

He regularly represents issuers and underwriters in the U.S. and Hong Kong public securities offerings, including initial public offerings (IPOs) and Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings for PRC-based companies.

In addition, he is experienced in handling complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, strategic alliances, joint ventures and regulatory compliance matters for numerous foreign investors and Chinese companies. He also counsels global private equity funds on their investment activity throughout Greater China and across Asia.

Jeffrey is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer for China M&A by prestigious legal publications such as Chambers Asia, Asia-Pacific Legal 500 and IFLR1000. Clients recognizes him as “an excellent business partner, above his legal counsel role”, who “gives practical advice not only based on legal proficiency, but really helpful for our business”.

Prior to joining Orrick, Mr. Sun worked with a major international law firm, and he was a former partner in a local law firm based in Shanghai.

Practice:

Yuko is a member of the Energy and Infrastructure Group. Her practice mainly focuses on M&A, project financing, and permits and authorizations of renewable energy projects. She also handles real estate transactions, environmental conservation and fintech matters.

As of February 2020, Yuko has conducted legal due diligence for clients on 33 solar projects (total 1221MW) and 18 wind projects (total 1115MW) in Japan, including Japan’s largest solar project (235MW) and Japan’s largest wind project (121.6MW).

Yuko has been appointed as special member of the Environmental Preservation Committee of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations every year since 2006.

In 2020, Yuko was recognized as a Rising Star for Japan in Projects and Energy: International Firms and Joint Ventures category by Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Practice:

Stephanie helps clients navigate the intricate and
rapidly evolving world of employment litigation.

Clients feel at ease knowing that Stephanie will work
tirelessly to guide them through wage-and-hour class and representative
actions, as well as single-plaintiff litigation involving claims of
whistleblower retaliation, fraudulent inducement and breach of contract.
Companies, particularly those in employee-friendly states such as California,
must contend with an ever-changing array of procedural tools and laws, and rely
on Stephanie to serve as a trusted advisor. In addition to legal nuances,
the high-profile matters Stephanie handles are further complicated by
reputational risk. To deliver a clear path through these complexities,
Stephanie works with her team to carefully and creatively balance each case’s
dangers, opportunities and impact.

She has managed matters from start to finish and has
litigated cases in federal and state courts, as well as before various
administrative agencies. She also helps her clients avoid litigation by
counseling on wage-and-hour compliance, terminations and severance agreements,
non-compete and non-solicitation covenants and employee handbook provisions.

Practice:

Minako plays a vital role in the rise of
Japan’s renewable energy market.

Minako has significant
experience advising international and domestic sponsors and developers on
complex and innovative projects. She was called upon by the Japanese government
in structuring the renewable Feed-in-Tariff scheme in Japan and prepared the
government’s model contracts for specific contracts (power purchase
contract/interconnection contract), which are a key component of the
Feed-in-Tariff scheme in Japan.

Backed by her experience in her prior career as a
public prosecutor in Japan, she also serves as a member of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Government Supervising Committee for Public Bidding (Tokyo-to
Nyusatsu Kanshi Iinkai) which advocates public rights to the fairness and
adequacy of the public bidding procedures of the government. Minako practiced
at Orrick's New York office in 2004-2005.

Practice:

Betty L. Louie is a partner of the M&A and Private Equity Group based in the Beijing office. With a particular expertise on Asia outbound investments, Betty has extensive experience in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, strategic investments and capital markets. She has practiced for over 20 years on the continents – the US, Europe and China – on strategic and complex mergers and acquisitions.

She regularly advises Chinese corporations and financial institutions investing and operating outside of China, and also assists international companies with their FDIs in China. She also advises global private equity and venture capital funds on their investments in Chinese companies, as well as assisting international tech companies on their structuring and operations in China.

Since 2012, she has been consistently recognized and ranked in legal industry publications, such as Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific and Milano Finanza. Clients have praised Betty as “extremely experienced with complex legal issues, both M&A and regulatory issues”, “highly experienced in helping Chinese companies and investors carry out transactions,” “having a specialist knowledge of the Chinese market” and “offers practical and efficient solutions.”

In addition, Betty also represents a broad range of foreign investors (U.S., Middle Eastern, European) in connection with their global investments and acquisitions.

Shinsuke Yakura is the Office Leader of Orrick's Tokyo office and a member of the Complex Litigation and Dispute
Resolution Group. He is an expert in handling
cross-border litigation, arbitration,
intellectual property and compliance
matters.

His practice focuses on
intellectual property, antitrust, product liability, medical and
pharmaceutical, and other commercial disputes for both domestic and foreign companies. He actively engages in cross-border
litigation and arbitration, and draws on his extensive knowledge and experience
from various countries.

In regards to intellectual property, Shinsuke has represented numerous companies
in patent infringement litigation involving a wide range of technologies
related to electric devices and industrial machinery. He has also handled other
IP-related issues such as trademark, copyright and right to publicity. He is a
qualified patent attorney (Benrishi) in Japan.

Recently, he has been involved in business and
legal issues related to artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT),
and big data; he also acts as the Asia representative of Orrick’s Global AI
Working Group.

Consistently providing strategic advice from a global perspective, he
is also actively involved in bribery regulations including FCPA and UKBA, antitrust
and competition law, cartel, fraud and compliance investigations.

He also advises in mergers and acquisitions, licensing and other
transactional matters.

Practice:

James is the global head of Orrick’s Oil & Gas practice and focuses his practice on helping companies with their international energy investments.

Widely recognized as a leading energy lawyer in Tokyo and Band 1 ranked by Chambers Global, James advises clients in the oil and gas sector on transactions in Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Africa and North America, and has extensive experience advising on large-scale oil and gas projects, LNG sales arrangements, and energy-related mergers and acquisitions.

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